Garment hanger



Dec. 5, 1 939. R. GUYER GARMENT HANGER` Filed Dec. 23,193

-o i loi/'58 i: I uw lil/pf' nk n f Nj.. TVQ 554 resented Dee. s, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT ol-Fica GABMENT HANGER. Reynolds Guyer, St. Paul, Minn., assigner to Waldorf Paper Products Company, St. Paul, Minn., a corporation of Minnesota Appueatien Deeember z3, v1937, serien No. '181,355

s claims. (ci. 22a-ss) My invention relates to garment hangers constructed of paper and particularly tothe type of hanger disclosed in the co-pending application for patent of Reynolds Guyer and Richard B.

6 Lewis, Jr., Serial Number 112,963, led November In the construction of such hangers, I have used elongated strips of paper which have beenpaper and having a hook attached to the ends 20 of the same and which is particularly strong at the locality of the attachment of the hook.

. Another object of the invention resides in providing a garment hanger utilizing a strip of paper with the grain rimning in the direction of the length of the strip and providing aplate attached to the strip at the ends thereof for reinforcing the strip at such locality.

. A feature of the invention resides in constructing the plate from paper and in running the 30- grain thereof substantially at right angles of the vgrain of the strip.

' Another object of the invention resides in constfucting the garment hanger from a strip of paper doubled back upon itself to provide over- 35 lying portions and in disposing the reinforcing plate between the over-lying portions of the strip. A still further object of the invention resides in the method of constructing the garment hang ers which consists in constructing the hangers 40 from a continuous strip, in utilizing one plate between the ends of two adjacent hangers before separation, in securing the parts in assembled relation, and in thereafter shearing the ends of the hangers to simultaneously cut the assembled 4s rparts in proper manner.

Il'ig. l ,is a perspective view of a/garment hanger illustrating an embodiment of my invention. 2 is a sectional detail view taken on line y Bse-201mg. 1andclrawntoalargerscale.-

Fig. 3 is a developed view of a portion of the blank strip of paper 'from which the garment hangers are constructed and illustrating the plate attached thereto in position;

,o ng. 4 is a perspective view or the plete 1e-.2

tached from the blank strip from which the garment hanger is'constructed.

Fig. 5 is an elevational view of one end portion of the blank after the same has been folded and with the plate disposed between the folded portions of the same. l Mv invention comprises a frame A, illustrated in Fig. l, which consists of a cross frame member I0 and two side frame members II and I2. The frame members II and I2'are hingedly connected to the frame member I0 and are adapted to be folded into substantial alignment with said lframe member when in collapsed position, or to be extended obliquely therefrom as shown in Fig. 4,l

in which case the said frame members converge. These members are longer than one-half the length of frame member .I0 so that said frame members become disposed in the form of a triangle when extended. The garment hanger further includes a hook B by means of which the hangeris supported and which is attached to the ends of the frame members II.and I2. These several partswill now be described in detail.v

The frame A is constructed from a continuous 'I strip of paper board, such as libre board, cardboard or some other suitable material and of suf cient thickness to give the desired rigidity. A portion of the strip from which the blanks are constructed is shown in Fig. 3 and is indicated by the reference numeral Il. This strip consists of a narrow sheet of paper of uniform width with the grain running lengthwise of the strip, as indicated by the arrow at 30, which is suitably blanks 'by means of which the frame member Il,

of the garment hanger A and frame member I2 of the next garment hanger would be formed. The

blank I4 is formed with six longitudinally spaced scores 2|, 22, 23?, 25 and 2-whlch extend throughout the entire length of the strip il. The

members two flange sections 21 and 2l and a'web section 2s connecting the same. The scores 2l and 26 form in the various frame members two companion flange sections II and 32 and flaps!) and N issuing therefrom. At the adjoining ends of the blanks Ila and Mb and in the portion of the strip Il, shown in Eg. 3, the,.ends of the blanks are' provided with shortJscores ll which are disposedmedialLv between the scores 2l and 2l and extend throughout a portion of the lengths' offramemembersllandl.

I -scor 22, 2l, 24 and 2! form inthe various frame For reinforcing the blanks I 4a and I4b, at the adjoining ends thereof, a plate 38 is employed which is best shown in Fig. 4. This plate is constructed of paper and is cut in such a manner that the grain of the paper runs transversely of the plate, as indicated by the arrow 31 in Figs. 3 and 4. This plate may be of any suitable thickness and may be constructed of the same thicknessas the material from which the strip I4 is formed. The plate 36 is of a length suillcient toA form two reinforcing members, one of which is designated by the reference numeral 38 in Fig. 5. The width of the plate is preferably slightly less than the distance between the longitudinal scores 22 and 25 so that the said plate extends across the web 29 and the flanges 21 and 28 of the strip when the same is folded to form the garment hanger. A slot 40 extends longitudinally of the plate.

The method of assembling the plate 36 into the 'garment hanger is as follows. After the strip I4 'and medially of the lines of severance between the two blanks which are designated at 39 and 4 I The section 32 and flap 34 and the section 3| and flap 33 are next folded back upon the sections 21, 28 and 23 so as to completely envelope the plate 36. After the parts have been assembled, the strip I4 is severed along the lines 39 and 4I and holes 42 punched jointly through the various parts, as illustrated. This brings the score 2I into register with score 23 and score 26 into register with score 24. The assembled structure is then folded jointly along the scores 2| and 23 and along the scores 24 and 26 to make the frame members U-shaped in cross section, which forms the frame members with flanges 5I and a web 52 connected thereto. By folding the assembled frame along its transverse scores the frame may be collapsed, whereupon the same is ready for us'e.

In conjunctionwith the frame A the hook or supporting member B is employed. This hook is constructed from wire and is formed as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. This hook has a hook portion 43 which opens outwardly and which is adapted to be hooked about a pole, rod, or any other suitable support. The hook portion 43 has a shank 44 depending therefrom which terminates in a clip 45. Clip 45 consists of two spaced substantially parallel reaches 46 and 41 which Vare connected together by means of a connecting portion 48, best shown in Fig. 2. At the uppermost portion of the reach 41 is an inwardly turned finger 49 which serves a purposeto be presently described.

The manner of using the invention is as follows.4 The frames, when received from the manufacturer, are in collapsed position and are U- shapedin form,'the frame members II and I2 nesting with respect to the frame member I0. In erecting the hanger, frame members II and I2 are first swung outwardly and the anges 5I at `the ends of the same brought together until the parts occupy the position shown in Fig. 1. The slot 40 in the reinforcing member 36 facilitates such folding. One of the flanges 5I of each of the frame members is inserted between the flanges of the other frame members, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and rearranged until the holes 42 register. The hook portion 43 of hook B is next threaded through the holes 42 and the,

parts adjusted until the connecting portion 48 of the hook is received within said holes and the finger 49 engages the uppermost portion of the frame. The device is then ready for use.

With a garment hanger constructed in accordance with my invention the end of the same is reinforced so that the hook cannot readily pull out of the ends of the side frame members. By installing the plate, from which the reinforced members is constructed into the strip fro'm which the frames are ,formed such reinforcing means becomes an integral part of the frame and is easily applied. At the same time the entire end structure may be sheared at one time so that the reinforcing members, as well as the ends of the frame members, are cut olf along the same line. The reinforcement of garment hangers, in accor'dance with ,my invention, can be made at slightly less expense and if desired from the same material from which the frames themselves are constructed.

Changes in the specific form of my invention, as herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

l. A garment hanger constructed from a strip of paper folded lengthwise to provide a. central portion and marginal portions turned back to-V ward the central portion, said strip being bent transversely at spaced localities to f orm a cross frame member and side frame members connected f therewith, reinforcing plates disposed between the portions of said side frame members at the ends thereof and concealed at their edges by the folds of said strip of paper and a supporting member extending jointly through all of the portions of said side frame members and said reinforcing plates. I

2. A garment hanger constructed from a strip of paper folded lengthwise to provide a central portion and marginal portions turned back toward thecentral portion, said strip being bent transversely at spaced localities to form a cross frame member and side frame members connected therewith, reinforcing plates disposed between the portions of said side frame members at the ends thereof and concealed at their edges by the folds of said strip of paper, said side frame members being formed with longitudinal foldsdisposed medially thereof to form angcs overlying one another, and said reinforcing plates being constructed with longitudinal slits at the locality of said longitudinal' folds to facilitate folding of the side frame members.

3. The method of forming reinforced garment hangers from an elongated strip of paper which consists in forming the strip with at least two longitudinal scores thus dividing the strip into a central portion and marginal portions projecting therefrom, in applying reinforcing inserts to the central portion of the strip and between i the scores at equally spaced intervals throughout the length of the strip, in folding over said marginal portions along the longitudinal scores and in attaching the same `to said central portion .reinforcing inserts and to one another, in severing the folded strip of paper transversely across the portions thereof containing the inserts so as to divide the strip into sections and to divide the inserts so as to form reinforcing members at the ends of the sections, andin thereafter folding the strip to form frame members therefrom.

REYNOLDS GUYER. 

